Does Anago require franchisees to have employees sign a confidentiality agreement if they have access to the manual or other confidential information?
Anago Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
All current and future principals, employees and agents of Subfranchisor involved in any manner with his or her Subfranchise Business and having access to the Anago Manuals or any other Confidential Information, are required to sign before Initial Subfranchisor Training or upon employment, a nondisclosure and noninterference agreement.
- (c) You must require all persons whom You permit to have access to the Manual or any other Confidential Information to sign Our form of confidentiality Agreement.
"Confidential Information" means all information, knowledge, know-how, trade secrets (whether or not judicially recognized as a trade secret), technologies and all other information not generally known, that is or was developed and/or is owned by Franchisor or any of its Affiliates, or their officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, Subfranchisors and Unit Franchisees, including, but not limited to the Anago Manuals, financial information, marketing strategies and programs, Client information and other documentation, including those on the subjects of management and administration, fie
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 62–298)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Anago's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, both subfranchisors and unit franchisees have obligations regarding confidential information. Subfranchisors must ensure that all current and future principals, employees, and agents involved with the Subfranchise Business who have access to the Anago Manuals or any other Confidential Information sign a nondisclosure and noninterference agreement before Initial Subfranchisor Training or upon employment. This agreement is designed to protect Anago's confidential information and trade secrets.
For unit franchisees, Anago requires them to limit access to confidential information to employees with a "need to know" to perform their jobs. Unit franchisees must also require all persons they permit to have access to the Manual or any other Confidential Information to sign Anago's form of confidentiality Agreement. This ensures that anyone with access to sensitive information is legally bound to protect it.
These measures are in place to maintain the integrity and reputation of the Anago system by preventing unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information. The definition of Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, the Anago Manuals, financial information, marketing strategies and programs, and client information. This obligation extends both during and after the term of the franchise agreement.